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- ↑ "Schumann won't seek Tory nomination in NWT". NNSL Media. February 15, 2021. Retrieved August 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Premier Bob McLeod wins seat again in Northwest Territories general election". The Globe and Mail , November 23, 2015.
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